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  • Tyseley to launch project to complete ‘Bloomer’ replica

    Tyseley to launch project to complete ‘Bloomer’ replica

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    Sam Hewitt

    TYSELEY Locomotive Works, together with Vintage Trains (VT), will use this month’s open weekend as a platform to launch a new project to complete its London & North Western Railway (LNWR) ‘Bloomer’ 2-2-2 No. 670. Work on the James McConnell-designed Single began in 1986 and reached an advanced stage of construction (no driving wheelset), but other…

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